Floating In A Sea Of Love
Father Anthony De Mello, Jesuit priest and psychotherapist, tells the following story: There was a shipwreck and...
Floating In A Sea Of Love
Wisdom Stories
How Can We Model the True Meaning of Christmas with our Families?
How Can We Model the True Meaning of Christmas with our Families?
One way we can model Christian Caregiving at Christmas time is a tradition which we have done in our family for 20 years. Early in Advent we send each child and grandchild the following letter. Then on Christmas, each person describes the gift which he or she has chosen, and how the gift will help to improve someone's life. Then on a large world map, the person indicates with a star sticker where her or his gift is going. Then he or she lights a small votive candle, which reminds us that we are called to be "lights" in God's world.
Pass It On
Pass It On
By Sarah Gill-Northcutt It had been a year since my 18 month-old granddaughter Katie died of a birth defect, and I...
Transforming A Nursing Home Room This Christmas
Transforming A Nursing Home Room This Christmas
The Christmas holidays are supposed to be happy, fun, joyful and overflowing with bonds of love. Although nursing...
Reclaiming Christmas
Reclaiming Christmas
Dreading the coming Christmas season? Are the joys of reuniting with family and friends diminished by the pressures of the ever growing to-do list? Are you totally exhausted by the time the baubles are packed away and the gifts returned? Especially for Christians, we often feel like we have missed the mark when it comes to our advent celebrations.
In her book, Reclaiming Christmas, How to Creatively Celebrate the Season that has Become Excessmas, author Ginger Jurries offers sage advice and meaningful alternatives to this often draining time of the year.
Giving Thanks In Captivity
Giving Thanks In Captivity
On June 5, 2002, fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Smart was taken from her home in the middle of the night by a...
Where Was God?
Where Was God?
When suffering with and for the families and people of the Newtown tragedy, many people ask, "Where was God?" The following is one little response, my humble response, to that question:
Where was God in this tragedy?
I Appreciate You
I Appreciate You
Your words are windows to your heart. Author J. Allan Petersen tells about a flight he took on a 747 out of...
